Last Updated: November 04, 2023, 01:30 IST
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Taylor Hall is nearly again. And he is feeling significantly better this time.
CHICAGO: Taylor Hall is nearly again. And he’s feeling significantly better this time.
Hall practiced with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday and will return to the lineup this weekend. The ahead is on injured reserve with a left shoulder harm.
Chicago hosts Florida on Saturday and New Jersey on Sunday.
“I felt good today. I just have to talk to the medical staff and see what we want to do,” Hall mentioned. “There’s a good chance that I’m in tomorrow, but I could also not play. I just got to see how they’re feeling and give them my thoughts on how I felt today.”
Defenseman Alex Vlasic additionally skated on Friday. He was positioned within the concussion protocol after absorbing a giant hit throughout a 4-3 extra time win at Vegas final week.
“He’s probably going to have to take one more step tomorrow and be a possibility on Sunday,” coach Luke Richardson mentioned of Vlasic.
Hall, the primary general decide within the 2010 draft, has no targets and two assists in 5 video games with Chicago. He was acquired in a June commerce with Boston.
Hall, who turns 32 this month, initially harm his shoulder in a 3-1 loss on the Bruins on Oct. 11. After Richardson mentioned he was week to week, Hall missed one sport earlier than returning to the lineup.
He was positioned on IR on Oct. 24.
“It feels a lot better than I did then,” he mentioned. “I just thought that at that moment that the shoulder would just get better day by day and it didn’t. It just probably needed some time. … Just being on a new team and trying to do your best for the guys in here, but I probably could have used an extra couple games off and I wouldn’t be in this spot now.”
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